The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1959
Waning Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
4:45 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 449
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.82° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.95° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.